Ex-official of NAB held for corruption

ISLAMABAD: NAB has arrested his own former Additional Director of NAB Balochistan Col (R) Muhammad Ishaq from Rawalpindi on the charges of corruption and corrupt practices. The NAB arrested him on the complaints of misuse of authority. He allegedly gained illegal benefits by using the name of NAB Balochistan, According to the statement released by NAB headquarters on Friday, the official is also alleged of taking bribe from number of people for getting them appointed in Balochistan government.The arrest warrants of accused person were issued by the Director General, NAB Balochistan, for involvement of the accused in the above mentioned offences. The NAB Headquarters provided the intelligence assistance to NAB Rawalpindi Region to execute the arrest warrants. Subsequently, Regional NAB Rawalpindi arrested the accused through coordinated efforts. The accused will be produced before the Accountability Court on Saturday for getting his physical remand.–OUR STAFF REPORTER